linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] Fwd: BUG in linux+v3.2.1/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:33 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	socketpair@...il.com, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Fwd: BUG in
 linux+v3.2.1/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 09:17:25AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 25.01.12 at 22:22, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
> > @@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ static int xen_pcibk_publish_pci_dev(struct 
> > xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
> >  		goto out;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	/* TODO: implement feature-use-decimal-for-devfn */
> >  	err = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, pdev->xdev->nodename, str,
> > -			    "%04x:%02x:%02x.%02x", domain, bus,
> > +			    "%04x:%02x:%02x.%1x", domain, bus,
> >  			    PCI_SLOT(devfn), PCI_FUNC(devfn));
> >  
> >  out:
> 
> If you are concerned about compatibility (as the added comment
> suggests), then removing the leading zero is not an option either.
> 
> However, as long as all parsers of the string use plain %x or %d,
> there's no issue here and you could as well use %d here too (as
> PCI functions are always in the 0-7 range, which is identically
> represented in octal [important for the case of a leading zero],
> decimal, and hex).
> 
> Bottom line - just add the comment here, and leave the format
> unchanged, or change the format to %d right away.

Yeah, I was thinking of leaving it as is. I think I got a bit overzealous
on changing all the patch sites and ignored my own comment.

> 
> Jan
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